Scratch-pad filler book



SCRATCH PAD FILLER BOOK F'ilred Sept. 2 2. 1923 j E ;:IL- 1- 4.

@ver2/07' Patente Sept. 16, 1924.

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JOHN SCHADE, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSTGNGR TO NATIONAL BLANK BOO'K COMPANY, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS, A VOLUNTARY TRUST ASSOCIA- TION OF COPARTNERSHIP, HAVING AS TRUSTEES E'. E. TOWNE, E. S. TOEVNE, J. M.

TOWNE, AND WILSON.

SCRATCH-Pen FILLER BOOK.

To all whom t 'may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN SCHADE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scratch-Pad Filler Books; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itV appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to what are known as scratch pad filler books, and has for its object to provide a device of this description in which the filler pad itself may be detachably secured between flexible covers.

A further object of the invention is to so construct and equip the pad itself, that it will not become likely to be mutilated to the extent that it will accidentally become looscned from the book cover. Further objects of the invention will appear from the following` description and drawings, in which latter-i Figure l is a plan view of the inside of the cover portion of the book with its sides spread.

Figure 2 pad itself.

Figure 3 a longitudinal section of the assembled book.

Figure l a section at the line 4-4- of Figure l.

Figure 5 a section at the line .5e-5 of Figure l, and

Figure (i a view similar to Figure l but showing a slightly modified way of attaching the metal tongue to the cover portion of the book.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

l are the covers of the book, made of any suitable material, and 2 is a resilient tongue having a back portion 3 which latter is preferably provided with spurs 4 that are driven through the cover and firmly clinched so as to secure the tongue to the cover. But as shown at Figure 6 eyelets 5 a detail plan of the scratch may be punched out from the back 3 and clinched through the cover as a modified wav of securing the tongue in position.

rlhe scratch pad is denoted by the numeral 6 and consists in a considerable number of blank leaves which are bound at one end by a fabric binding T, and a comparatively stift cover portion 8 faces the pad and is secured by the binding 7.

.lhi-ough this binding and cover portion is cut a slit 9 substantially as long as the width of the tongue 2, and in attaching the pad to the cover the tongue is inserted through this slit, until the end wall of the tongue where it joins the back portion 3 abats against the edge of the slit.

The binding 7 is a comparatively tough fabric and when secured to the cover portion by glue is particularly well adapted for the cutting` of the slit 9 and the latter is therefore not likely to become mutilated or distorted.

r1here may be a plurality of these slits and tongues in the event of larger sizes, but in the ordinary small size of scratch pad a single slit and tongue are suflicient.

The tongue is formed from sheet metal and is resilient so that it will readily con line the pad in position' between the tongue and back portion thereof.

W'hat is claimed is in a scratch pad filler book, flexible cover portions, a resilient sheet metal tongue which is backed by a body portion that'issecured to one of the cover portions with the tongue extending'lengthwise of the book and toward the back thereof, and a bound scratch pad provided with a comparatively thick face cover having' a slit extending crosswise through the comparatively thick cover and binding, whereby said pad may be detachably secured between the cover portions vby inserting said tongue through said slit. l

In testimony whereof 'l affix my signature hereto.

JOHN SCHADE.

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